[OT] [I mean totally OT] Re: What can you "new"

[Sean Kelly]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> 
> One that I do think would be more lethal is the mounted Gatling M134 
> (that Terminator made famous), see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigun. 
> That fires up to 6000 rounds/minute which is pretty crazy. I think a 
> salvo of that would have made a trench through the Orcs, the same bullet 
> killing or maiming several of them.

MythBusters did an episode where they chopped down a mesquite tree with 
a minigun to verify the Predator myth.  Very impressive.

I also briefly wondered why the defenders didn't use anything like 
Pitch... other than deference to the Ents :-)  But one underlying theme 
in LotR is that only the bad guys use advanced technology.  The good 
guys were more clinging to the old ways.